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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began studying home and recreational injuries in the early 1970s and violence prevention in 1983. From these early activities grew a national program to reduce injury, disability, death, and costs associated with injuries outside the workplace.
In June, 1992, CDC established the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. As the lead federal agency for injury prevention, our staff work closely with other federal agencies; national, state, and local organizations; state and local health departments; and research institutions.
CDC employs the same scientific methods it uses to prevent infectious disease — defining the health problem, identifying risk and protective factors, developing and testing prevention strategies. CDC works to assure that proven techniques move from testing to widespread adoption — so that Americans at greatest risk of injury will be safer from harm.
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Timeline shows how CDC's work has helped reduce injury in America.
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